The British Academy: News, Events

Value of social and cultural infrastructure ‘risks being neglected in decision-making’ without new measurement framework, British Academy report argues

A new report commissioned by the British Academy emphasises the urgent need for policymakers to recognise social and cultural spaces – such as libraries, leisure centres, galleries, and community hubs – as essential infrastructure that contributes directly to economic growth and the reduction of social inequalities.

The British Academy and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace launch ambitious partnership responding to growing instabilities in the international system

The British Academy and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace have announced an ambitious, multi-year partnership to examine the fragmenting international system and competing power aspirations.

Partial randomisation trial extended after diversity of applicants and award holders increases

We’re extending the partial randomisation trial on our Small Research Grants scheme for a further three years.

Overlooking language skills ‘risks limiting the scope and impact of UK research’, new British Academy report finds

A new British Academy report highlights how multilingualism could strengthen the UK’s research, warning that language skills remain undervalued and underused in academia – despite a wealth of linguistic potential in higher education.

“We must double down on the values that underpin free, open and accessible academic and intellectual enquiry” – Julia Black delivers keynote speech at inaugural SHAPE Conference

President of the British Academy Professor Julia Black delivered the keynote address at the British Academy’s inaugural SHAPE conference.

British Academy to convene experts in research, culture and higher education in support of humanities, arts and social sciences at new flagship annual conference

The British Academy will host a roster of journalists, academics, policy experts, cultural leaders and leading voices in the education and research sector in the first of a new annual conference series next week.

The British Academy announces recipient of the Global Innovation Fellowship in partnership with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

The aim of the Innovation Fellowships is to provide opportunities to UK-based early- and mid-career researchers from across the SHAPE disciplines to develop their skills, networks and careers while addressing challenges that require innovative approaches and solutions.

“Looking back to look forward”: The British Academy convenes key sector policymakers at its Policy Histories Conference

The British Academy brought together over 100 policymakers alongside prominent academics at its Policy Histories Conference on Wednesday 19 March, chaired by Professor Margot Finn FBA, the British Academy’s Vice President (Research and Higher Education Policy) and Professor of Modern British History at UCL.

Curriculum Review: The case for broadening – not abolishing – EBacc

Would removing EBacc increase access to arts and other SHAPE subjects? It’s not clear that it would.

Funding announced for the British Academy Talent Development Awards 2024-2025

Worth up to £10,000, the awards are provided to promote the building of skills and capacities for current and future generations in areas such as quantitative skills, interdisciplinarity, data science, digital humanities and languages.

The British Academy announces the first recipients of the ODA (Official Development Assistance) Global Innovation Fellowships 2024

Awards are expected to involve significant time devoted to dialogue and communication between the institutions involved so that links can be built and enhanced, ways of working can be adapted, and best practice can be reached for all those involved in supporting future research projects.

Novelist Elif Shafak and linguist Ross Perlin to headline Summer Showcase 2025

Novelist Elif Shafak and linguist Ross Perlin will be among a stellar line-up of leading thinkers at the British Academy’s free festival of ideas on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 June.

The British Academy announces recipients of its ODA Research Management Capacity Strengthening programme

Awards are expected to involve significant time devoted to dialogue and communication between the institutions involved so that links can be built and enhanced, ways of working can be adapted, and best practice can be reached for all those involved in supporting future research projects.

The British Academy announces seed funding for members of its Early Career Researcher Network

Worth up to £5000, the seed funding is designed to provide Early Career Researchers, particularly those with limited experience in securing funding, an opportunity to enhance their research portfolio and gain leverage for further funding.

New interactive map signals stark warning about regional access to SHAPE subjects in higher education

We have launched the latest interactive map in our ‘Mapping SHAPE provision’ project. Our project maps changing provision of SHAPE subjects in UK higher education institutions, using data to visually depict contractions and expansions in provision by a variety of different measures.

Research spotlight: Lancashire’s seaside towns through the eyes of local youth with Dr Celine Germond-Duret

Dr Celine Germond-Duret (Lancaster University) leads the British Academy and Leverhulme Trust-funded project “SeaSights: Deprived Seaside Towns and the Blue Economy”, which investigates how oceans, coastal communities, and young people’s voices are often neglected in decision-making.

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